Unit 6: Constitution Summative Assessment

What are THREE problems with the Articles of Confederation?

• Inability to create or enforce laws
• No way to tax the colonies to make money
• No leadership among states
• No way to add states to the country
• No way to make treaties with other countries

Why were the Articles of Confederation made to have a weak federal government?

• The 13 states just rebelled against a government with too strong of a federal government
• The 13 states just rebelled against a government with too weak of a federal government

Why did the farmers of Shays’ Rebellion rebel?

• The farmers never received payment for being soldiers, so they couldn't pay off debts
• The farmers didn't like the fact that there was not yet a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
• The farmers hated George Washington
• The farmers wanted to take over and form a communist government

Which is a claim the Federalists would make?

• The government should be bigger and more powerful with fewer representatives
• The government should be smaller and less powerful with many representatives

Which is a claim the Anti-Federalists would make?

• The government should be bigger and more powerful with fewer representatives
• The government should be smaller and less powerful with many representatives

What conflict are the Federalists are trying to prevent from happening again?

• An event like Shay's Rebellion
• A war like American Revolution

What conflict are the Anti-Federalists are trying to prevent from happening again?

• An event like Shay's Rebellion
• A war like American Revolution

Great Compromise

• compromise between the Anti-Federalists and the Federalists, ensured a Bill of Rights and the ratification of the Constitution
• compromise between large states and small population states, created the House of Representatives and the Senate
• compromise between the northern and southern states, for every 5 slaves it would count as 3 freepersons towards representation

Did the North or the South want slaves to be counted for their population towards the amount of representatives the state would receive?

• Northern states
• Southern states

Based off of your previous answer, why would states want the slaves to count towards their population?